Tire-setting machine.



No. 692,635. P'atented Feb. 4, |902.

J. M. DECK-ER.

TIR-E SETTING MACHINE.

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NRE SETTING MACHINE.

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JOHN M. DECKER, OF KINGSTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN O.BLACK, NOLAN L. GARTNER, AND SHANNON R. SIBRELL, OF KINGSTON,

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A`TIRESETT|NG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION f'erming part of Lettere Patent No. 692,635., datedFebruary 4, 1902. Application filed April 24, 1901. Serial No. 57,268.(No model.)

To all whom t may concern: y Be it known that I, JOHN M. DECKER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of' A throughpthe tire; andthe object is to provide a machine for this purpose by means of whichthe tire may be quickly set or applied withoutfremoving the wheel fromthe machine and with which the tire may be made even and smooth at allparts of the wheel.

I will describe a tire-setting machine embodying my invention and thenpoint out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tire-setting machine embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailview showing an adjustable smoothingwheel. Fig. 4 is a detail viewshowingaslide for supporting the vehicle-wheel upon which the tire is tobe applied. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of clamping-jaws employed, andFig. 6 is a perspective view of clamps that may be used for a roundw-ire fastening-band instead of a liat band.l g

The machine-frame comprises base-beams 1 2, front standards 3 4e, andrear standards 5 6. These several parts may be suitably secured togetherand braced by bolts or otherwise. Extended from the upper portion of thestandard 3 and the standard 6 is a top bar 7, and extended parallel withsaid top bar 7 and fromthe upright or standard 5 is a short top bar 8.Mounted to rotate at the rear end of the top bars 7 and 8 is a reel 9,from which a fastening band or wire is to be supplied. A vpinion 10 ismounted on a shaft having bearings in the Abars 7 and 8, and on theshaft of this pinion is a crank-handle 11, and also on the shaft of thepinion is a ratchetwheel 12, designed to be engaged by a pawl 13, andtherpinion 10 meshes with a gearwheel 14, the shaftof which forms awindingdrum for a cable or rope 15,' the said cable or yrope 15 beingattached at one end to the shaft of the gear-wheel 14 and passingrearward and around a pulley 16, and thence forward to a gripping devicefor the fastening band or wire. This gripping device consists of abox-like portion 17, in which a clamping-head 18 is eccentricallymounted, the clampingheadbeing provided with alever or handle 19. j Thisgripping device is mounted to slide between guides 20. p

l Mounted on the machine forward of the gripping device are clampingdevices 21 and 22, one forward of the other. Each of said clampingdevices consists of an inner jaw 23, from the upper end of which arms 24extend rearward and are mounted to swing on a rod 25,these rods beingsupported in castings 26, attached to the upper side of the top bar 7.

tion 27 ismovable. This j aw-section 27 has a slot or recess 28 toreceive an angular lug 29,

Aextended forward from the jaw 23, and this jaw-section 27 is alsoprovided with holes 30y to receive pins 31, extended from the jaw 23 atopposite sides of the lug 29. Extended from the lower end of the lug 29and adapted to pass through the opening 28 is a threaded bolt 32, withwhich an4 internallytapped clamp-lever 33,isdesigned to engage. TheAjaw-section 27 is provided at its inner face and extended transverselythereof with a slot 34, through which a fiat fastening-band may pass,and each of the jaw-sections is provided with a transverse channel 35,the said channels when the jaws are together forming substantially around opening.

The jaws above described aredesigned for use when a flat band isemployedforrsecuring the tire. When a round or wire-like fastening-bandis employed, I .may use an auxiliary inner jaw 36 and an outer jaw 37,some- -On the forward side of the jaw 23 a jaw-secwhat similar to thejaw 27, but having at its lower end a vertical channel 38 to receive theend of a wire, while the auxiliary jaw-section 36, which is to be placedupon the pins 31, is provided at its lower end with half-rou nd channels39. I

p 54, formed in the shaft 50.

The wheel to which the tire is to be attached, is designed to besupported upon a spindle 40. This spindle 40 extends through verticalslots 41, formed in the standards 3 and 4, and between said standardsand eX- tended into the slots is a slide-plate 42, to the opposite edgesof which cheek pieces or blocks 43 are bolted. These cheek pieces orblocks are designed to bear upon the outer surfaces of the standards 3and 4, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. The object in employing theslide-plate is so that the device may be adjusted for different sizes ofvehicle-wheels and also that the wheel after the tire is placed thereonmay be moved up into engagement with a smoothing roller or wheel to behereinafter described.

As a means for raising the slide-plate carrying the wheel I employ ahand-lever 44, which has a pin 45 extended through it and that may befulcrumed in any of the opposite notches formed in fulcrum-plates 46,attached to the standards 3 and 4, and between the inner end of thislevel-44 and the spindle 40, at its portion below the slide-plate 42, isa link 47. The lever may be held in its adjusted position by engaging aplate 48 on the lever with any one of the teeth of a fixed rack 49.

Mounted in the upper portion of the standard 4 is a shaft 50, which hasbearings in boX- ings 51, attached to the opposite sides of saidstandard. This shaft is movable lengthwise through the standard andboxings, so as to bring a finishing or pressing roller 52 on said shaftin line with the tire on the wheel, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.3, or it may be moved in the opposite direction to free it from thetire. To hold the shaft with the roller v52 in adjusted position foroperation, I employ a latch 53, pivoted to one of theboX ings 51 anddesigned to engage in a channel This shaft is pro vided with acrank-handle 55.

After placing a tire on a wheel the wheel is to be placed upon thespindle 40 and with forty or fty pounds of fastening-band on the reel 9,said band being in one continuous length. The end of the band is to bepassed underneath a guide 56, drawn through the gripping device 17,thence through the opening 35 in the clamp 21, and thence through theslot 34 of the clamp 22. Now the band is pulled through and passedthrough the rubber tire. Then the end of the band is carried aroundunder the wheel and into the slot 34 of the clamp 21 and clamped fast byturning the clamping-lever 33. After this the gripping-head 18 is to beforced downward to irmly grip the band. At this time the band will befirmly held by the gripping device and by the clamp 21, so that theclamp 22 may be now loosened, and upon turning the crank 11 the rope orcable 15 will be wound upon its drum, having the gear-Wheel14, drawingthe gripping device rearward, which tightens the band, and it may beheld by engaging the pawl 13 with the ratchet-wheel 12. At this time theend of the rubber tire will be against the jaws or clamps 22 and theopposite end of the tire will be against the clamp 21. The band materialbetween the two clamping devices will be overlapped, and through theseoverlapped portions suitable rivets are to be passed, after which theband may be cut. Before doing this, however, the clamp 22 should betightened, or, if preferred, after tightening the clamp 22 the grippingdevice may be loosened and the band cut off before riveting. The tire isnow fast on the wheel and the clamping devices may be released and swungback. as indicated in Fig. 1. To bring the ends of the rubber tiretogether at the riveted portion of the band, the roller 52 is to bemoved outward over the wheel. Then by pressing down on the lever 44 thewheel will be raised to engage the tire with the roller 52, so that upona rotation of the said roller 52 the rubber tire will be uniforml7stretched as the wheel a; turns around, and eventually the two ends ofthe tire will be drawn closely together. In practice I have found itbest to cnt the rubber tire to be applied from ten to thirty incheslonger than the circumference of the wheel.

It will be seen that in using this machine after placing the wheelthereon it. is not removed until the tire is in a finished condition onthe wheel.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-e 1. A machine for setting rubber tires, comprising aframe, a supply device for afastening-band, a gripper for engaging withthe fastening-band, means for drawing said grip` per to tighten theband, a pair of clamps mounted on the frame for engaging with the'tightening-band, a shaft adjustable longitu= dinally in the frame and apresser-roller on the shaft, substantially as specified.

2. A machine for setting rubber tires, comprising a frame, a grippingdevice movable on the frame for tightening a fastening-band,- a pair ofclamps mounted to swing on the frame and adapted for engagement with thefastening-band, a longitudinally-adjustable shaft over said clampingdevices, and a smoothing-roller on said shaft, substantially asspeciiied.

3. A machine for setting rubber tires, comprising a frame, a spindlemounted in the frame, means for adjusting said spindle vertically, meansfor holding the spindle as adjusted, clamping devices on the frame abovethe spindle, a gripping device rearward of the clamping devices, meansfor moving said gripping device, and a smoothing-roller above theclamping devices, substantially as specified.

4. In a machine for setting rubber tires, a frame comprising frontuprights provided with vertical slots, a wheel-supporting spindleextended through said slots, a slide-plate IOO extended into the slotsand having connection with the spind1ea hand-lever, fulcrum-racks forsaidV hand-lever, `a 1ink` connection-between the hand-lever and theslide-plata means for holding the lever as adjusted,.a smoothing-rollerabovegthe plate, and bandtightening devices on the frame, substantially.

as specified.

5. In a machine for setting rubber tires, clamping devices each having'a jaw mounted on swinging arms, and a movable jaw, an anlgular lugon'one of the jaws engaging in a slot in the other jaw, saidjaws beingchanneled on their adjacentfaces, ascrew-bolt extended from theIirst-named jaw through the movable jaw, a clamping nut or leverengaging with'said bolt and against the outer side of the movable jaw,and pins on one of the jaws for engaging in openings in the other jaw,substantially as speciiied.

6. In a machine for setting rubber tires, a frame, clamping devices onvsaid frame for holdinga fastening-band, a shaft mounted in the upperportion of a standard oi'v the frame and adjustable longitudinallytherein",

yalatch-plate mounted to swing oii'the standard and vadapted to engagein an annular channelfornied in the shaft, and a smoothingrollerattached to said shaft, substantially as specified. y v

7. In a machine for setting rubber tires, a frame, a spindle forVsupporting a t wheel, `a smoothing-roller adjustable laterally of theframe, clamping devices on the frame, a gripping device, a winding-drummounted in the Aframe, a connection between said gripping device and thewinding-drum,'a roller over which saidconnection passes, a gear-wheel onsaid winding-drum,l a pinion engaging therewith, a crank-handle on theshaft of the pinion, a ratchet-wheel on said'shaft, and a pawl forengaging with the ratchet=wheel,sub stantially as specified.`

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name tothis'specitication inthepresence of 4.5

two subscribing witnesses.

JOHNy M. DECKER; i

Witnesses: QW. HATCHER, N. J. FORD*

